A year after its initial announcement, FromSoftware is finally ready to show its audience what's next for Elden Ring. Today on various social media feeds, the Dark Souls and Armored Core (and King's Field, and Metal Wolf Chaos, for the sickos out there) developer posted a link to an upcoming live stream, announcing a new "Gameplay Reveal Trailer" for the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. The stream is set to go live tomorrow, February 21, 2024 at 7:00 AM PT/10:00 AM ET.
A YouTube link was provided for the stream, which you can access ahead of time right here:
This news is obviously exciting for Elden Ring fans, who have been waiting with bated breath ever since the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC was originally announced last year. Details since then have been nonexistent. However, the story did see an intriguing twist just earlier this week, as trademark filings revealed what seems to have been a transfer of ownership from Bandai Namco to FromSoftware.
The transfer, according to some legal experts, is specifically for the title "Elden Ring," and doesn't appear to include the entirety of the IP or the game itself. Anything beyond that, such as this filing (which occurred back in March 2023) having anything to do with the long wait for information on Shadow of the Erdtree, is purely speculation. We all love to speculate in the gaming community of course, so keep that in mind as you digest this news.
Elden Ring originally released for the PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms on February 25, 2022. It was one of FromSoftware and Bandai Namco's biggest collaborative successes to date, selling over 20 million copies. The game was later adapted to manga and a board game, myriad merchandise was released, and a reported mobile version developed by Tencent is on the way as well.
